Satire on the excesses of certain Freemasons: a procession of masons emerge from a public house headed by elaborately dressed men described as the emperor of China, Confucius and two mandarins; an old woman sits on a ladder balanced on the back of a donkey and a mason, identified as such by his apron and gloves, stretches between the rungs of the ladder to kiss her bare backside; Don Quixote, in full armour and wearing a masonic apron and gloves, holds up his shield behind the donkey; in the foreground, to left, a man playing the bladder and string, in the centre, a dancing monkey with apron and gloves, and, to right, a butcher laughing at the scene while Sancho Panza gasps in surprise
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from Paulson. Paulson and British Museum catalogue date the print as 1742, but Sayer did not move to 53 Fleet Street until 1760. See British Museum online catalogue., Below the image, far left of the title, mock key identifying the leading figures, followed by twelve lines of verse beginning, "From Eastern climes, transplanted to our coasts ..."., Below the image, far right of the title, mock description: "Done from [the] original painted at Pekin by Matachauter, grav'd by Ho-ge and sold by [the] printsellers of London, Paris & Rome.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark to 246 x 351 mm with loss of imprint signature; mounted onto an engraved map (with color) of Ireland (285 x 395 mm).
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Satire on the excesses of certain Freemasons: a procession of masons emerge from a public house headed by elaborately dressed men described as the emperor of China, Confucius and two mandarins; an old woman sits on a ladder balanced on the back of a donkey and a mason, identified as such by his apron and gloves, stretches between the rungs of the ladder to kiss her bare backside; Don Quixote, in full armour and wearing a masonic apron and gloves, holds up his shield behind the donkey; in the foreground, to left, a man playing the bladder and string, in the centre, a dancing monkey with apron and gloves, and, to right, a butcher laughing at the scene while Sancho Panza gasps in surprise
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from Paulson. Paulson and British Museum catalogue date the print as 1742, but Sayer did not move to 53 Fleet Street until 1760. See British Museum online catalogue., Below the image, far left of the title, mock key identifying the leading figures, followed by twelve lines of verse beginning, "From Eastern climes, transplanted to our coasts ..."., Below the image, far right of the title, mock description: "Done from [the] original painted at Pekin by Matachauter, grav'd by Ho-ge and sold by [the] printsellers of London, Paris & Rome.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 98 in volume 1. Plate mark 247 x 350 mm.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Satire on the excesses of certain Freemasons: a procession of masons emerge from a public house headed by elaborately dressed men described as the emperor of China, Confucius and two mandarins; an old woman sits on a ladder balanced on the back of a donkey and a mason, identified as such by his apron and gloves, stretches between the rungs of the ladder to kiss her bare backside; Don Quixote, in full armour and wearing a masonic apron and gloves, holds up his shield behind the donkey; in the foreground, to left, a man playing the bladder and string, in the centre, a dancing monkey with apron and gloves, and, to right, a butcher laughing at the scene while Sancho Panza gasps in surprise
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from Paulson. Paulson and British Museum catalogue date the print as 1742, but Sayer did not move to 53 Fleet Street until 1760. See British Museum online catalogue., Below the image, far left of the title, mock key identifying the leading figures, followed by twelve lines of verse beginning, "From Eastern climes, transplanted to our coasts ..."., Below the image, far right of the title, mock description: "Done from [the] original painted at Pekin by Matachauter, grav'd by Ho-ge and sold by [the] printsellers of London, Paris & Rome.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 98 in volume 1. Plate mark 248 x 353 mm.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Title from item., Another state, with different page in placement instructions. Cf. No. 1403 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2., Plate from: The works of Mr. Thomas Brown, serious and comical, in prose and verse. In four volumes ... 9th ed. London : Printed for Al. Wilde, 1760, v. 2., and Placement instructions in lower left corner of plate: vol. II, p. 321.
Title from caption etched above image., Publication place and date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 30 x 39 cm., mounted again to 33 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, and Mylne, Robert, 1734-1811
Title from item., Two images sided by side on one plate., Another state, with different publisher's name in imprint, of No. 3496 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Temporary local subject terms: Architecture: German palace -- Military uniforms: French soldiers' uniform -- Austria soldiers' uniforms., and Watermark: Britannia(?).
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, Jany. 21, 1760, and sold by Wm. Holland under the Royal Exchange
Subject (Name):
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, and Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1721-1792
"View of the bridge from mid-stream on the Thames; the City Barge and other boats in foreground, Westminster Abbey beyond bridge to the right, and Lambeth House further along the riverbank to the left"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Publisher and date of publication from that of the volume in which print appears., Plate from: Maitland, W. The history and survey of London from its foundation to the present time ... London : Printed for T. Osborne, 1760., Six columns of descriptive text, three on each side of title, etched below image., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
T. Osborne
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., Westminster Bridge (London, England),, and London (England)
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1757]
Call Number:
757.09.08.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publisher from address in imprint., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to negligence of American interests -- Animals: donkey -- Food: turnips -- Vehicles: chariot -- Reference to the Electorate of Hanover., Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below., and Matted to 49 x 61 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act at the Acorn in the Strand
Subject (Name):
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Title from item., Publication date inferred from publisher's address., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: Ralph's wife and sow as gossips tell, both at a time in pieces fell ..., Temporary local subject terms: Clergy: vicar -- Tithes -- Farms --Vehicles: hay wagon., and Mounted to 40 x 30 cm.
